Recent Discussions

Discussion published by Michael Springer on Friday, September 23, 2016

ANN: H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report, 12-19 September 2016

The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 12 September 2016 to 19 September 2016.  These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-German.  See the H-Net Job Guide website at http://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information.  To contact the Job Guide, write to jobguide[at]mail.h-net.msu.edu, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.

EUROPEAN HISTORY / STUDIES

Discussion published by Stefan Zeppenfeld on Friday, September 23, 2016

FUNDS: Leibniz 2017 Summer Fellowships “German and European History in the 20th century” (November 2016)

The Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung / Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF) is pleased to invite applications for up to three

Leibniz Summer Fellowships “German and European History in the 20th century”

for the academic year 2017 to study German and European History in the 20th century. These two-month fellowships provide an opportunity to pursue individual research in Germany while participating in the academic life in one of Germany’s major historical research centres.

Discussion published by nichole neuman on Friday, September 23, 2016

ANN: Call for Book Reviews for Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature

Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature, an open-access journal of post-1900 literature, seeks reviewers for a number of books on German literature and and film, as well as comparative literature and literary theory.  (http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/policies.html#bookreview)

If you are interested in reviewing a book, please reply (nneuman[at]ksu.edu) with the following information:

Discussion published by Inga Pollmann on Friday, September 23, 2016

ANN: Call for Applications - Carolina-Duke Graduate Program in German Studies (December 2016)

Application deadline: Dec. 15, 2016

The Carolina-Duke Graduate Program in German Studies invites applications for the German Ph.D. for the 2017-2018 academic year. The program combines the strengths and expertise of two leading German Studies faculties in neighboring universities: the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University.

About the program:

Discussion published by Cynthia Porter on Thursday, September 22, 2016

CFP: The Aesthetics of Surveillance: German Perspectives (December 2016)

Type: Call for Papers

Date: March 24-25, 2017

Location: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Subject Fields: German Studies, Surveillance Studies, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Game Studies, Humanities

 

Graduate Student Conference in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages at Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN. 24–25 March 2017.

Discussion published by Donna Sinclair on Thursday, September 22, 2016

CFP: International Graduate Historical Studies Conference, “Crossing Borders, Challenging Boundaries” (December 2016)

Date:  March 31-April 1, 2017

Location: Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan USA

Submission Deadlines: Early: December 19, 2016 Final: February 8, 2017

Contact: histconf[at]cmich.edu

The International Graduate Historical Studies Conference will host “Crossing Borders, Challenging Boundaries” at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, March 31-April 1, 2017.

Discussion published by Michael Springer on Friday, September 16, 2016

ANN: H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-German: 5-12 September 2016

The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 5 September 2016 to 12 September 2016.  These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-German.  See the H-Net Job Guide website at http://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information.  To contact the Job Guide, write to jobguide@mail.h-net.msu.edu, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.

EUROPEAN HISTORY / STUDIES

Discussion published by Catherine Canino on Friday, September 16, 2016

CFP: "100 Years after WWI: Local to Global Impact of an International War," University of South Carolina Upstate (December 2016)

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Recent Reviews

Review published on Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Author: 
Jeffry M. Diefendorf, Janet Ward, eds.
Reviewer: 
Shelley Rose

Rose on Diefendorf and Ward, 'Transnationalism and the German City'


Jeffry M. Diefendorf, Janet Ward, eds. Transnationalism and the German City. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2014. ix + 277 pp. $100.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-137-39016-5.

Reviewed by Shelley Rose (Cleveland State University)
Published on H-German (September, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill

Transnational Meets Local in the German City

Review published on Monday, September 12, 2016
Author: 
Dan Stone
Reviewer: 
Michael Westrate

Westrate on Stone, 'Goodbye to all that?: The Story of Europe since 1945'


Dan Stone. Goodbye to all that?: The Story of Europe since 1945. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. xxvii + 379 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-969771-7.

Reviewed by Michael Westrate (Villanova University)
Published on H-German (September, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill

The Rise and Fall of the Antifascist Consensus: Stability and Instability in Postwar Europe

Review published on Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Author: 
James Reston
Reviewer: 
Jay Goodale

Goodale on Reston, 'Luther's Fortress: Martin Luther and his Reformation under Siege'


James Reston. Luther's Fortress: Martin Luther and his Reformation under Siege. New York: Basic Books, 2015. 272 pp. $27.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-465-06393-2.

Reviewed by Jay Goodale (Bucknell University)
Published on H-German (September, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill

The German Hercules in Battle and in Exile

Review published on Monday, July 11, 2016
Author: 
Frank Bösch, Peter Hoeres, eds.
Reviewer: 
Kathryn Bruton

Bruton on Bösch and Hoeres, 'Außenpolitik im Medienzeitalter: Vom späten 19. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart'


Frank Bösch, Peter Hoeres, eds. Außenpolitik im Medienzeitalter: Vom späten 19. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Göttingen, Niedersachs: Wallstein, 2013. 343 pp. EUR 29.90 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-8353-1352-1.

Reviewed by Kathryn Bruton (Mississippi State University)
Published on H-German (July, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill

Public Opinion and the Media in German Foreign Policy

Review published on Friday, July 1, 2016
Author: 
Frank Bösch
Reviewer: 
Stephanie Seul

Seul on Bösch, 'Mass Media and Historical Change: Germany in International Perspective, 1400 to the Present'


Frank Bösch. Mass Media and Historical Change: Germany in International Perspective, 1400 to the Present. New York: Berghahn, 2015. 212 pp. $85.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-78238-625-4.

Reviewed by Stephanie Seul (Deutsche Presseforschung, University of Bremen, Germany)
Published on H-German (July, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill

The Media in History: Germany and Beyond

Review published on Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Author: 
Hedda Kalshoven, ed.
Reviewer: 
W. Mikkel Dack

Dack on Kalshoven, 'Between Two Homelands: Letters across the Borders of Nazi Germany'


Hedda Kalshoven, ed. Between Two Homelands: Letters across the Borders of Nazi Germany. Translated by Hester Velmans and Peter Fritzsche. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2014. xxxiv + 253 pp. $25.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-252-07985-6; $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-252-03830-3.

Reviewed by W. Mikkel Dack (University of Calgary)
Published on H-German (May, 2016)
Commissioned by Chad Ross

Review published on Monday, April 18, 2016
Author: 
Sean A. Forner
Reviewer: 
Christina Morina

Morina on Forner, 'German Intellectuals and the Challenge of Democratic Renewal: Culture and Politics after 1945'


Sean A. Forner. German Intellectuals and the Challenge of Democratic Renewal: Culture and Politics after 1945. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. xii +383 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-04957-4.

Reviewed by Christina Morina (Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena)
Published on H-German (April, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill

Review published on Monday, March 21, 2016
Author: 
Luca Baschera, Bruce Gordon, Christian Moser, eds.
Reviewer: 
Ellen Yutzy Glebe

Glebe on Baschera and Gordon and Moser, 'Following Zwingli: Applying the Past in Reformation Zurich'


Luca Baschera, Bruce Gordon, Christian Moser, eds. Following Zwingli: Applying the Past in Reformation Zurich. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing, 2014. 320 pp. $134.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7546-9405-2.

Reviewed by Ellen Yutzy Glebe (Independent Scholar)
Published on H-German (March, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill

Informative Contributions to the Intellectual History of Post-Zwinglian Zurich

Review published on Monday, February 22, 2016
Author: 
Robbie Aitken, Eve Rosenhaft
Reviewer: 
Kira Thurman

Thurman on Aitken and Rosenhaft, 'Black Germany: The Making and Unmaking of a Diaspora Community, 1884-1960'


Robbie Aitken, Eve Rosenhaft. Black Germany: The Making and Unmaking of a Diaspora Community, 1884-1960. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 379 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-04136-3.

Reviewed by Kira Thurman (University of Michigan)
Published on H-German (February, 2016)
Commissioned by Shannon Nagy

The Rise and Fall of a Black Community in German History

Review published on Sunday, January 31, 2016
Author: 
Gordon Martel
Reviewer: 
Karl Hjembo

Hjembo on Martel, 'The Month That Changed the World: July 1914'


Gordon Martel. The Month That Changed the World: July 1914. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Illustrations, maps. 512 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-966538-9.

Reviewed by Karl Hjembo (Independent Scholar)
Published on H-German (January, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill

The Diplomatic Struggle and the Resulting Great War

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